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Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 4 November 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 4 November 1871
  • Date: November 4, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.03443
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Anthony Dreesen Melanie Krupa
  • Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 4 November 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Nov. 4, 1871. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: Referring to your letter of the 5th of September last, enclosing a copy of a communication addressed to you by J. Hubley Ashton, relative to matters before the Commission of the United States and Mexico, I now have the honor to enclose the affidavit of Don Manuel Castro, obtained as requested by Mr. Ashton, through the Attorney of the U.S. for the Dist. of California, which I will thank you to case​ to be sent to him. Very resp'lly, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l & Acting Attorney Gen'l.
affidavit for Mr. Ashton
see p 238 ante
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